Fuel Price Hike: Tinubu Will Hear From Us In Days To Come – NLC, Demand Immediate Reversal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged an “immediate reversal” of the country’s petrol pump prices.

NLC made this known in a post on its X page on Tuesday night.

“We demand the immediate reversal of the latest increase in the pump of PMS across the country.”

Amid the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, the NNPCL increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to ₦855, ₦897 (depending on the location per litre).

Condemning the move in a statement yesterday also, the union president said that they felt betrayed by President Bola Tinubu after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, raised the official fuel price from N617 to N897 per litre.

Ajaero asserted that accepting the N70,000 minimum wage was based on the expectation that fuel prices would not rise further.

According to Sun report, Ajaero threatened that in days to come, the proper institutions of Congress would convene to make appropriate actions, which would be public